COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
SATuRDAY, JunE 26, 2021
Teen’s sudden death comes amid fractured friendship
funeral and how it would be
perceived. I want to show sup-
port, but I’m concerned I’m not
wanted there. I’m also concerned
that if I don’t go it will look
awful and disrespectful, since
I have been a part of this boy’s
life. I don’t know what to do. —
Cared For Him in Ohio
Dear Cared For Him: You
may not have heard from the
family because they are grieving
and not communicating with
everyone. As I see it, you have
several choices: Send a condo-
lence card, send flowers, con-
tribute to a charity in the young
man’s name and/or go unob-
trusively to the funeral and sit
in the back. If, however, you
decide to do this, do not go with
Dear Abby: Last year, after a
falling out with someone I have
been friends with for more than
20 years, I was OK with writing
this person off and going on with
my life. From my understanding,
this person felt the same way.
Last week, their teenage
son died in a terrible acci-
dent. I was heartbroken. I truly
cared about the boy and had
watched him grow up. I reached
out and received no response
(as I expected). I’m torn about
whether I should go to the
SUMMIT
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The highlights of a hike
along the Elkhorn Crest
often aren’t limited to the
floral.
The area between
Marble Creek Pass and
Elkhorn Peak is prime hab-
itat for the mountain goats
that have thrived in the
range since the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife released the first
batch in 1983 along Pine
Creek, just north of Elk-
horn Peak.
I saw five goats on our
hike — including a nanny
and three kids reclining
on a snowfield, the ani-
mals’ favorite spot on
summer afternoons.
But if you’re patient, and
bring binoculars, you’re
almost certain to see far
more goats than I did.
The best places to look
are those aforementioned
notches along the trail,
as goats prefer the nearly
sheer east side of the ridge,
where their surefootedness
makes them all but immune
to predators.
There is no trail to the
top of Elkhorn Peak.
The easiest way to get
there is to hike the Crest
Trail for about 2.75 miles
north from Marble Creek
Pass, then pick your way
up the slope to the peak’s
south ridge.
We diverted from the
trail about where it bends
to the west. The climb
to the ridge is steep but
not technical. We had
to bypass a steep snow-
field, but I expect it will be
melted by mid July.
The ridge drops steeply
— dangerously so — on
its east side, so unless
you’re equipped for roped
climbing, stay well to the
west (left) of the ridgetop
(besides which, the area
east of the ridge is part of
Baker City’s watershed,
which is off limits to the
public). There is a false
summit a couple hundred
feet below the peak — this
notch is distinct even when
seen from Baker City, just
to the left of the triangular
tip of the summit.
From the top you can
see four lakes.
Almost directly below
to the east — and about
2,300 vertical feet — is
Goodrich Lake. The lake
is a supplementary water
Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald
Goodrich Lake from the summit of Elkhorn Peak on June 19, 2021.
source for Baker City.
Pine Creek Reservoir
is barely visible to the
northeast, and Twin Lakes
glisten in the sunshine to
the northwest.
Twin Lakes are tarns
— they formed in the
basin gouged by an Ice
Age glacier.
The hulking peak that
forms the backdrop for
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off the Elkhorn Crest Trail
and descends to Twin
Lakes. From the saddle it’s
about 3.5 miles to Marble
Creek Pass.
Hikers with an abun-
dance of energy (and
enough water; one down-
side of the Elkhorn Crest
Trail is that it doesn’t cross
any water sources) can
claim the top two sum-
Twin Lakes is Rock Creek
Butte, elevation 9,106 feet.
Although the fastest
way back to the trailhead
is to reverse your route, it’s
also possible to descend
Elkhorn Peak by its north-
west ridge — again, stay
to the west to avoid the
steepest ground — to Twin
Lakes saddle.
Here a trail branches
Astoria
Longview
62/94
Kennewick
70/111
St. Helens
74/113
Vancouver
75/109
Condon
74/114
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
Sunshine and
very hot
Sunshine and
very hot
Very hot with
sunshine
Mostly sunny
and very hot
La Grande
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
Eugene
Comfort Index™
3
2
1
1
ALMANAC
THURSDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Thursday
Low Thursday
High: 113°
Low: 30°
Wettest: 5.44”
88°
50°
90°
53°
91°
52°
0.01
0.21
1.00
2.44
5.53
0.00
0.02
1.31
5.92
9.11
0.00
0.77
1.48
14.98
13.40
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Thursday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION SUNDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
20%
E at 6 to 12 mph
14.6
0.35
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Friday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
64/96
15% of capacity
73% of capacity
41% of capacity
80% of capacity
39% of capacity
73% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Thursday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
2450 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder 121 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
89 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
53 cfs
Minam River at Minam
842 cfs
Powder River near Richland
19 cfs
Ontario
Lakeview
Baker City
WEATHER HISTORY
New York City was hit by a blizzard in
March 1888. By June 26, however, a
different type of weather had set in, and
the city had its 14th consecutive day with
average temperatures above 80 degrees.
SUN & MOON
SAT.
SUN.
5:06 a.m. 5:06 a.m.
8:45 p.m. 8:44 p.m.
11:01 p.m. 11:36 p.m.
6:57 a.m. 8:12 a.m.
MOON PHASES
Last
Jul 1
New
Jul 9
First
Jul 17
Full
Jul 23
Jordan Valley
62/92
Paisley
56/97
Frenchglen
59/98
Klamath Falls
59/101
Hi/Lo/W
94/66/s
103/67/s
98/73/s
64/54/pc
97/63/s
74/55/pc
111/65/s
98/65/s
102/67/s
111/64/s
110/71/s
109/78/s
102/71/s
101/64/s
97/70/s
110/77/s
101/63/s
97/62/s
Hi/Lo/W
74/59/pc
107/68/s
102/75/s
64/53/pc
101/65/s
70/55/pc
94/58/s
102/66/s
103/74/s
94/58/s
112/75/s
115/74/s
105/67/s
104/67/s
100/71/s
113/78/s
103/58/s
101/60/s
Grand View
Arock
69/99
60/96
Lakeview
58/97
McDermitt
59/94
RECREATION FORECAST SUNDAY
REGIONAL CITIES
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
Diamond
61/96
62/97
Shown is Sunday’s weather. Temperatures are Saturday night’s lows and Sunday’s highs.
MON.
Boise
70/98
Fields
73/112
SUN.
63/101
Silver Lake
61/97
Medford
Brookings
Juntura
58/97
71/116
56/64
Ontario
71/102
Burns
56/99
69/113
Grants Pass
OREGON
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
Beaver Marsh
Chiloquin
Death Valley, Calif.
Wolcott, Colo.
Falls City, Neb.
High: 100°
Low: 44°
Wettest: 0.08”
58/98
59/99
Roseburg
Powers
Brothers
71/110
56/74
Huntington
59/95
62/103
Oakridge
Council
62/98
73/98
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Coos Bay
2
Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels
very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
65/101
63/103
66/105
60 98 67 101 69 102 68 100 67
62/99
56/97
John Day
64/106
Sisters
Florence
59/77
Halfway
Granite
59/91
Baker City
Redmond
67/111
1
63/106
71/105
57/74
2
63 102 65 102 69 106 70 106 67
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
3
73/113
Corvallis
63/102
Monument
71/108
Idanha
Enterprise
60/98
68/111
Newport
56 97 60 100 63 103 62 104 61
Comfort Index™
Elgin
61/102
La Grande
68/101
Maupin
Clear and mild
75/109
Pendleton
The Dalles
75/113
Salem
71/108
Hood River
Portland
Newberg
73/113
Lewiston
Walla Walla
75/110
76/113
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
68/110
64/99
TONIGHT
mits in the Elkhorns in a
single day. To climb Rock
Creek Butte, hike north on
the Crest Trail for about
a mile, through a scenic
pass.
Just beyond the pass,
head straight up the south
ridge of Rock Creek
Butte. It’s about 800 ver-
tical feet from the trail to
the summit.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
TIllamook
Baker City
dating, close your checkbook and
move on with your life.
Dear Abby: After an invita-
tion to visit, how long can I stay
before I’m imposing? — Too
Long in New Mexico
Dear Too Long: It depends
upon the relationship you have
with the person who invited you.
Usually, when an invitation is
extended, it is for a specified time
period — a week, a weekend, etc.
Two truisms apply here:
“Guests, like fish, begin to smell
after three days” (Benjamin
Franklin), and “One of the most
important things that Hollywood
teaches is to always leave your
audience hungry for a little more”
(Howard Bragman).
P.S. When in doubt, ask!
Between my husband’s pay-
days, I help him out financially.
We’re both close to retirement
age because we married late,
and we still have a teenager
at home. Do I wait for him to
come around, or move on with
my life? I still love him, but I’m
feeling used. — Disillusioned in
the South
Dear Disillusioned: You are
not only being used, but also
being lied to. In addition, your
in-laws’ behavior is emotionally
abusive. (Could they have been
told things about you that aren’t
true?) Offer your husband the
option of marriage and family
therapy and a chance to repair
what went wrong. However, if he
refuses, quit being so accommo-
any expectation it will heal the
breach in your relationship.
Dear Abby: I was happily
married for almost 20 years.
Suddenly my husband became
withdrawn, obviously unhappy,
and moved out. He keeps telling
me we are going to spend the
rest of our lives together, that
we aren’t divorced, just “taking
a break.”
Although I had a great rela-
tionship with his family, they no
longer speak to me. My family
still treats him the same. He has
a friend who is always whis-
pering in his ear about how ter-
rible I am. My husband denies
it, but I have seen the text mes-
sages. As far as I know, I haven’t
done anything to this friend.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SUN.
MON.
Hi/Lo/W
108/74/s
111/73/s
102/64/s
112/73/s
74/57/s
105/68/s
102/74/s
111/77/s
110/73/s
113/79/s
96/62/pc
106/67/s
113/67/s
113/71/s
104/76/s
114/77/s
99/63/s
109/77/s
Hi/Lo/W
110/76/s
104/63/s
103/64/s
105/69/s
64/55/c
107/60/s
106/72/s
114/77/s
112/76/s
109/68/s
85/59/pc
109/67/s
95/62/s
101/62/s
105/76/s
116/76/s
102/65/s
110/81/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
Sunny and warm
Sunny and hot
71
59
93
63
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Sunny and warm
Sunshine; very hot
88
65
100
71
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Sunny and warm
Sunshine; very hot
79
57
95
53
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Sunshine; very hot
Sunshine; very hot
97
70
109
71
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Sunshine; very hot
Sunshine; very hot
97
60
102
65
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